Conservative provocateur Laura Loomer and Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) pushed again on a choice by the White Home to tug the nomination of tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.
“A well-placed supply tells me Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be the following Administrator of
@NASA was set for a last Senate affirmation vote early subsequent week, however DC insiders are actually attempting to persuade the @WhiteHouse to tug the plug on Isaacman earlier than his affirmation vote,” Loomer mentioned in a prolonged submit on the social platform X on Saturday.
“The final decision to pull Isaacman’s nomination could come as soon as Monday. There is reason to believe that Isaacman may be facing retaliation because of his friendship with @elonmusk,” she added.
A White Home spokesperson not too long ago instructed The Hill that it was “essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon.”
“Astronaut and successful businessman @RookIsaacman was a strong choice by President Trump to lead NASA. I was proud to introduce Jared at his hearing and strongly oppose efforts to derail his nomination,” Sheehy mentioned in his personal X submit on Saturday.
Isaacman and tech billionaire Elon Musk, who not too long ago departed from the White Home, at SpaceX to fund the corporate’s preliminary non-public spacewalk.
In December, President Trump unveiled Isaacman as his alternative to go up NASA, calling him “ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new Era.”
“Let me remind you who Jared Isaacman is. Yes, he has been a liberal in the past like @elonmusk, but as it relates to MERIT and his knowledge of Space, his credentials are unmatched,” Loomer mentioned in her Saturday X submit.
The Hill has reached out to the White Home for remark.
